The Consortium

The Consortium of this project has been formed by partners involved in different successful ODL projects: universities and research institutes.

The Universities involved in the project have all developed some a type of virtual environment devoted to the delivery of ODL programmes. These Virtual Campuses are the main focus of the project and therefore it is essential the participation of institutions with a real experience which could be evaluated.

The research institutes involved in the project have contributed with the methodological approach for educational evaluation of the Virtual Campuses. These institutes have long experience in the establishment of quality criteria for ODL products. The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya is leading the project, as the first university to base its educational model and management organisation on the exploitation of the Virtual Campus paradigm. Moreover for dissemination purposes, the consortium is complemented with a network organisation that guarantees the wide distribution of the project results.